NEIL ZENO THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT CADET, MISSOURI ON DECEMBER 4, 1913. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIS P. AND MARTHA JANE (SEMAR) THEBEAU. NEIL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS HOME ON DECEMBER 28, 2002 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHT-NINE YEARS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HELEN MARIE MERCILLE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1937 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI AND TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN.
NEIL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, HELEN THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI, DAUGHTERS, RITA J. POLITTE OF CADET, MISSOURI, MARY J. THEBEAU OF CADET, MISSOURI AND CATHERINE DICKEY AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, SONS, BERNARD E. THEBEAU AND WIFE MARY ANNE OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI AND NEIL R. THEBEAU AND FRIEND ANNIE OF CADET, MISSOURI, EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTY-FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS NEIL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON, GEORGE L. THEBEAU, BROTHERS, ADRIAN THEBEAU, STANLEY THEBEAU AND LEO THEBEAU, HALF-BROTHERS, MARTIN POLITTE AND JIM BATTREAL, HALF-SISTERS, JULIA WALLACE, AGNES BENNETT AND EDNA PORTELL, GRANDSON AND A GREAT, GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
NEIL WAS A LIFE TIME MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI. HE WAS ALSO A RETIRED EMPLOYEE OF THE CHURCH SERVING AS A CUSTODIAN OF THE CHURCH AND SCHOOL. NEIL ENJOYED PLAYING CARDS, ESPECIALLY EUCHRE. HE LIKED VISITING WITH FAMILY, GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS MANY FRIENDS. NEIL WOULD ALWAYS ENJOY A PARTY FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. HE WAS ALWAYS REMEMBERED AS A BUTCHER AND FRIENDS ALWAYS CALLED FOR THEIR FAVORITE CUT OF MEAT. HIS HOBBIES WERE GARDENING AND RAISING LIVESTOCK. NEIL WILL BE LOVINGLY MISSED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 2:30 PM TO 9:00 PM ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 10:45 AM ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2002 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED 11:00 AM ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2002 AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TIM POLITTE, DALE POLITTE, RANDY POLITTE, BRAIN POLITTE, BERNIE THEBEAU, JR., MIKE THEBEAU, NEIL THEBEAU AND KEITH THEBEAU.